Chapter 420
: Southern Migrants
Chapter 420: Southern Migrants (Thanks to Fanmeng Wanjie Badu Renrenqingshiju for two monthly tickets~)
Gao Dingyuan led an army of 15,000 and rushed down the mountain.
The huge advantage in military strength immediately put Jiang Qin's side into a tough battle.
But Jiang Qin did not let the soldiers turn around and escape.
Exposing your back to the enemy at this time will only put you in a more passive situation.
Only by maintaining the formation and fighting and retreating can the overall military momentum avoid collapse in an instant.
Gao Dingyuan obviously did not expect that although his troops were three times as strong as the enemy's, the enemy was not thrown into disarray.
It seems that the strength of Lu Bu's army lies not only in its powerful weapons.
The quality of the soldiers themselves is far beyond that of ordinary troops!
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Under Jiang Qin's heroic command, his soldiers soon held out until the arrival of Cheng Pu's army.
Gao Dingyuan was suddenly extremely shocked.
Obviously, they didn't understand why the reinforcements that were previously at the foot of the mountain arrived so quickly!
Could it be that the other party discovered the existence of their ambush in advance?
How can this be?
They had clearly tried their best to erase all traces of their previous activities in the mountains, so how did the enemy detect them?
Gao Dingyuan couldn't figure it out, and he didn't have time to think about it.
I can only continue to command the army and fight the enemy!
But with the addition of Cheng Pu's 5,000 troops, Jiang Qin's troops, which were originally at an absolute disadvantage, suddenly had the confidence to counterattack!
Jiang Qin roared and led the charge towards the enemy!
Encouraged by Jiang Qin, the soldiers' morale was greatly boosted and they all followed Jiang Qin forward!
Gao Dingyuan suddenly felt that the situation was not good.
The ambush turned into a head-on confrontation, but the advantage of the 5,000 troops was not reflected at all. Instead, they were gradually suppressed by the enemy!
Gao Dingyuan knew that continuing would be useless, so he immediately ordered his soldiers to retreat to the mountain!
When Jiang Qin saw that the enemy was trying to escape, he was about to chase him, but was stopped by Cheng Pu:
"Gong Yi, don't chase after a desperate enemy! Our mission is to pick the green weeping vines, so don't lose sight of the big picture!"
Seeing that Cheng Pu's words made sense, Jiang Qin did not get too carried away.
A part of the soldiers were assigned to clean up the scene, while the rest of the people hurried to pick the green weeping vines.
After the battle, a post-mortem count showed that there were more than 2,000 dead and wounded left behind by the enemy.
There were more than 3,000 people dead or seriously injured on our side.
However, the enemy swooped down from the mountain and had a huge advantage in manpower.
It's already pretty good to be able to incur this kind of loss.
At this moment, Lu Bu had already heard the roar coming from the mountain, and personally led an army of 10,000 to support.
But when he reached the foot of the mountain, the enemy had already withdrawn.
Upon learning that Jiang Qin and Cheng Pu had successfully repelled 15,000 enemy troops, Lu Bu immediately praised the two.
Jiang Qin, in particular, was able to discover the ambush in advance and ask Cheng Pu for help in time, thus avoiding further losses.
After everyone picked enough green weeping vines, they immediately returned to the main force.
Afterwards, Lu Bu calmed down the frightened guide and, under his guidance, they entered the Death Valley...
The moment Lu Bu entered the valley entrance, he smelled a thick and unpleasant fishy smell.
It's a bit similar to the smell of the toilet in the school in my previous life, but less smelly and more bloody.
Fortunately, he had an excellent physique, and after getting used to the smell, he was able to barely adapt to the smell without any obvious discomfort in his body.
However, out of caution, he had the soldiers cover their faces with cloth masks that they had worn to fight the epidemic.
The face towel soaked in herbs blocks out at least half of the miasma.
Therefore, almost no soldiers felt uncomfortable after entering the Death Valley. However, as the soldiers went deeper and stayed in the Death Valley for more than an hour.
Some soldiers began to experience high fever and chills, and some in serious cases even developed mental abnormalities and incoherent speech.
When Lu Bu heard the news, he immediately ordered the soldiers to hold leaves picked from the green vine in their mouths.
At this time, the role of the guide is greatly demonstrated.
The symptoms of most soldiers were significantly alleviated after they held the leaves of the green weeping vine in their mouths.
Lu Bu knew that the Death Valley was indeed dangerous, so he immediately ordered his soldiers to speed up their advance.
However, when they were about to reach the exit of the valley, Lu Bu suddenly ordered the army to stop.
Looking at the exit that was already within sight, Lu Bu frowned and looked thoughtful.
If he was Yong Kai, he must have been very anxious when the enemy was about to walk out of the Death Valley.
If we ambush an army at the entrance of the valley at this time, there is a high probability that the enemy can be caught off guard!
Thinking of this, Lu Bu looked up at the terrain on both sides of the valley entrance.
With his extraordinary eyesight, he could indeed vaguely see some humanoid creatures hiding above the valley entrance.
Faced with this situation, Lu Bu immediately called his guide and a group of advisers over.
Liu Ye covered his mouth and nose with his hands and said with an unpleasant look on his face:
"In my opinion, it would be better to quickly assemble a Thunderbolt car here.
"Then throw gunpowder cans above the valley entrance, and naturally you can repel the ambush!"
Lu Bu thought this plan was quite good and immediately ordered his soldiers to assemble a Thunderbolt Chariot on the spot.
And at this moment, in the woods above the valley entrance.
Yong Kai's fellow official from the same hometown, Zheng Ang, was leading 5,000 soldiers to ambush above the valley entrance.
At this moment, countless falling rocks and rolling logs were already prepared beside him.
As long as Lu Bu's army passed the valley entrance, they would immediately throw these things down into the valley.
Not only can it injure the enemy, but it can also cut off the valley entrance and Lu Bu's front and rear armies.
At that time, General Yong Kai would be able to lead an army of 30,000 from outside the valley to attack the vanguard of Lu Bu's army, and would most likely be able to defeat it.
Afterwards, the enemy's rear troops will continue to suffer from the miasma in the Death Valley.
When the time is right, they will rush down from the top of the valley and will definitely be able to wipe out the enemy!
This Death Valley is where the enemy is buried!
However, the ideal is very full and the reality is very skinny.
At this moment, Zheng Ang looked at the enemy army that suddenly stopped, as if they were busy with something, and a trace of doubt suddenly arose in his heart.
Not long after, when he saw something similar to a catapult appear, he suddenly understood and his face changed instantly!
I heard that the enemy has an enhanced version of the catapult called the Thunderbolt Chariot.
And it can also throw the legendary gunpowder jars!
The noise coming from Qingchui Mountain before can be faintly heard even here.
You can see how terrifying its power is!
The enemy's current appearance clearly showed that they had discovered their presence and wanted to use the Thunderbolt Chariot to deal with them!
Seeing that the enemy's Thunderbolt Chariot was almost completed, Zheng Ang dared not delay any longer.
He immediately ordered the army to push all the rolling logs and rocks into the empty valley entrance in an attempt to block the exit.
When Lu Bu's army in the valley heard the huge noise, they frowned as they looked at the falling rocks and rolling logs that kept falling towards the valley entrance.
It seems that the person leading this ambush force was quite smart and actually saw through their intentions.
But do you think you can block the way of his army with these rotten stones and broken wood?
Soon I will let you southern folks see the power of black powder!
(End of this chapter)